A seasonal music camp for adults - DASC leads the way as a non-competitive, non-auditioned, educational orchestra for adult string players.
JENNY GOOD
DASC Symphony Director
Intramural Musicians Colorado President
Jenny Good encourages adults to begin or return to the study of music—on any instrument(s) and in any genre(s). Her musical training began with piano lessons as a child; she came back to playing an instrument when she picked up a cello at age 32. Since then, she’s played with numerous ensembles and she continues to seize diverse musical education opportunities.
As a cellist, Jenny seeks opportunities to play with adult amateurs in the Front
Range of Colorado—and beyond. After starting solo lessons with cellist Stephen
Weider, she became a regular participant of the Boulder Cello Project (including
playing in a high-altitude cello choir performance atop Mt. Sherman, elevation
14,043’, conducted by Psyche Cassandra Dunkhase); attended the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Academy Week, including playing in a Bach suites
masterclass held by principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski and performing at
Meyerhoff Concert Hall under the baton of conductor Marin Alsop and side-by-side with cellists including Bo Li and Seth Low); participated in multiple University of Wyoming Cello Festivals (Dr. Beth Vanderborgh, artistic director; Douglas Moore, conductor); took part in the Colorado Cello Summit (Adam Riggs, chair) at the Metropolitan State University of Denver; and played with the Golden Chamber Orchestra, hosted by Golden Music (Justino Perez, Joe Engel directors).
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Jenny first participated with Intramural Musicians as a cellist in the Denver Adult Strings Camp in 2021, later playing in orchestral and chamber groups; she also played viola in a DASC Spruce Ensemble in 2023. She joined the staff in 2025. Jenny holds a BA in English & Spanish from Carnegie Mellon University and has a professional background in writing, editing, and public relations.
JOE ENGEL
DASC Symphony Education Manager
Joseph Engel is a performer and educator in Colorado. He has a background in classical and contemporary cello styles, and is always seeking new sound worlds with the cello.
He is a member of the Denver based eclectic-rock band, "Milquetoast & Co." and has shared the stage with artists such as The Sugar Hill Gang and Wilco. As an educator, Joseph incorporates many teaching philosophies, including those inspired by non-western musics and meditation. He holds a Masters of Music in cello performance from Denver University, where he has acted as a visiting lecturer.
LINDSAY GENADEK
Spruce Ensemble South Director
Lindsay is the Community Education Manager at the Colorado Symphony and maintains an active home studio teaching private violin and viola lessons. Previously, she served as an orchestra director at Westminster Public Schools, Head Orchestra Director at Mapleton Public Schools, and String Teaching Artist with El Sistema Colorado.
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Highly active in the music education community, Lindsay currently serves as President of the Colorado American String Teachers Association and Chair of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) Private Studio Committee. She has also served as Secretary of the Colorado ASTA and as a mentor in the ASTA New Teacher Mentor Program. Lindsay has presented at the ASTA National Conference, the Colorado Music Educators Association Conference, and the Colorado ASTA Summer Conference. She is the co-founder of Bratsche Bunch, an online community connecting adult violists worldwide, and her research on adult learners has been published in the ASTA Journal.
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Lindsay was named Mapleton Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year in 2015 and received the Colorado ASTA Exemplary Middle School and Junior High School Teacher Award in 2012.
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An active performer, Lindsay appears throughout Colorado as a violist in a variety of settings. She has performed as principal viola with the Boulder Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Philharmonic, as well as with the Stratus Chamber Orchestra, Symphony of the Rockies Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, and the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra. She was featured as a guest soloist in the Grand Junction Chamber Music Recital Series and performed with the Colorado Mesa University Orchestra in 2010 after winning its concerto competition. Lindsay has also performed as guest lead violist with the alternative hip-hop/rock band The Flobots and was a guest artist on a recent album by Khemmis.
Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance from the University of Northern Colorado, a Bachelor of Music Education from Colorado Mesa University (summa cum laude), and a Master of Education in Educational Administration from Argosy University.
MAX TUNING
Spruce Ensemble North Director
Max Tuning is in his second year working as a 6th and 8th grade orchestra teacher in the Mapleton Public School District serving 5 different schools in the Thornton community. He teaches student who are just beginning their journey in the world of orchestra and intermediate students who are entering high school level orchestra. Max graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2024 with his bachelor’s degree in music education with an emphasis in string orchestra education. He is very exited to return to DASC this year as the Spruce North director after previously directing the same ensemble in 2025.
SARAH JYLKKA
Intramural Musicans Executive Director
Washington State Program Manager
TASC Symphony Director
Sarah Jylkka is a Washington-based professional violinist with over 15 years of experience in classrooms and orchestras. She has directed orchestras at El Sistema Colorado, coached for various student festivals in the Denver metro area, and served as an orchestra director for Mapleton Public Schools in Thornton, CO from 2017-2021. Today she remains active as an instrumental coach, performer, and proudly serves as the orchestra orchestra director at Spanaway Middle School in Spanaway, WA.
Sarah holds both a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN as well as an active Washington State Teacher's License endorsed in K-12 instrumental music. Sarah was the 2016 recipient of the DePauw University Music Citizen award granted to a student with outstanding service to the community through music as well as the 2o16 recipient of the Leah Curnutt Prize granted to an outstanding senior Music Education major. Sarah has been featured in publications including The Strad, Life on Capitol Hill, and VoyageDenver.
Notably, Sarah has performed with members of Elephant Revival, LVDY, The Blind Cafe Orchestra, Su Teatro, Nordic Daughter, Suhl Ensemble, the Arapahoe Philharmonic, Stratus Chamber Orchestra, recorded SFX for Mt. Mograph, and has designed sound for both The Pandemic Collective and Bewilderment Theater Company. Sarah has studied under Ericka Dicker, Dan Rizner, Tarn Travers, and Julia Taylor.
You can see Sarah perform on violin around the US with the Viking rock band, Nordic Daughter.